Colt Technology Services and Ciena complete world’s first terabit wavelength transmission across the Atlantic

Image shows people from Colt and Ciena looking happy having successfully completed a tech trial

Tech companies push boundaries of network speed and capacity on 6400km transatlantic subsea cable, reducing power consumption by 50%   Colt Technology Services (Colt), the digital infrastructure company, and Ciena (NYSE: CIEN), a global leader in networking systems, services, and software, today announced the successful completion of the first-ever 1.2 Tb/s wavelength transmission across the…

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Spin to win: Raising funds and awareness for digital inclusion

Colties prepare to depart on the 2018 Colt Bike Ride

In June 2024, we hosted a company-wide Spinathon in 22 of our offices to support the Colt Bike Ride: our largest charity fundraising event. Hundreds of Colties across our network limbered up, worked up a sweat and spun from morning ‘til night to raise funds and work on their fundraising targets in preparation for the…

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Pedal partners: Our Charity Bike Ride 2024 sponsorship announcement

A Colt Bike Ride volunteer prepares for the big event

The Colt Bike Ride is our annual charity event that challenges riders to cycle 450km from our base in Brussels to our office in Dusseldorf, raising funds that support 22 global charities in aid of digital inclusion. Since its inception 11 years ago, the bike ride has raised almost two million euros for worthy causes.

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Coming together to respond to change

Last week Colt had the pleasure of hosting some of our Strategic Alliance customers and partners at an event in London. There was a lot of energy in the room and the shared sentiment was that close partnerships will be critical to all our success. After the pandemic, I first met face to face with…

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Connecting the world in 2030 – building on the lessons of 2020

After so much change in the last 18 months, planning for, much less predicting the future, is trickier than ever. Our customers are facing up to challenges around hybrid work, cloud migration projects and future expansion plans. But what about the longer term? Colt, in partnership with BCE Global, a Bell Canada division and Ciena,…

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